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Wednesday January 30, 2013McCumber and Vogel Named to Ben Hogan Watch List

University of Florida
seniors Tyler McCumber (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) and T.J. Vogel (Cooper
City, Fla.) were both named to The Ben Hogan Award Watch List, the award
committee in conjunction with the Golf Coaches Association of America announced
today. Florida is one of four schools with multiple players on this year’s
list.

The Ben Hogan Award
recognizes the outstanding male amateur and collegiate golfer of the
year, taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the
past 12-month period. Former Gator Matt Every won the award in 2006.

27 golfers were named
to this year’s watch list. Semifinalists will be announced on April 18. That
group will be cut down to three finalists, which will be released on May 8. The
winner will then be announced on May 20.

McCumber had a
successful fall season after finishing in a tie for second place individually
at last year’s NCAA Championships and earning Division I PING Honorable Mention
All-American honors. He recorded three top-10 finishes in the autumn and tied
with Vogel for second place at The Invitational at The Ocean Course. McCumber
is currently the 20th-ranked player in the nation according to the
Golfweek/Sagarin Men’s Collegiate Individual Rankings.

Vogel also played well
in the fall after a great junior season and summer of 2012. He was named to the
Division I Ping All-America Second Team last season. Vogel posted a scoring
average of 71.3 for the 2011-12 season, the best by a UF junior and
eighth-lowest average in school history. Over the summer, he was victorious at
the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, earning an invite to the 2013
Masters. This past autumn, Vogel finished in the top-10 in every event the
Gators played in. He is currently ranked No. 12 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Men’s
Collegiate Individual Rankings.

Florida will open its
spring season on February 9 when they host the 2013 SunTrust Gator Invitational
at the Mark Bostick Golf Course. The three-round tournament will last two days
and feature eight teams who qualified for last year’s NCAA Championships.